COMPACT tensing pulley is a product designed to provide the tension required for the rope going through a standard governor's groove. Unlike the usual tensing pulleys, which use masses to generate tension, these masses have been removed from our COMPACT pulleys replacing them with springs.
This is a very compact design, with minimum dimensions, perfect to be used in installations with a reduced headroom and pit.
Our climbers have just come back from the Himalayas and while waiting to compile all the information on their great feat, we have just received sad news: The Spanish climber Juanjo Garra died at the slope of the Dhaulagiri (8,167m), after having conquered its summit.
Last 22nd May at 5:00 a.m., Spain local time, Carlos Pauner managed to set foot on the Everest summit (8,848 m) on an expedition in collaboration with our company, as already known. Carlos has therefore joined the select group of 32 climbers that have managed to climb the 14 eight-thousanders on the planet. At 8:00 a.m. he descended to Camp 4 and continued descending. Due to the complexity in communications at such a high altitude, we cannot provide you with further details for now.
The time has gone and everything is coming to an end. We have done our job, and have had some setbacks, but the die is cast. We have studied the weather with great attention and have decided on the date for the final battle. The 22nd of May. With any luck, that early morning we will come face to face with Everest's upper slopes, the peak of Mount Everest. Our breathing will be agonising, we will move slowly and it will be incredibly cold. Our objective will seem unobtainable but, we won’t give up on reaching the highest point.
Our final plans have already taken shape. There is only one great and final step in our acclimation and the date is set. On the 12th, early in the morning, we will set off again to that dangerous chaos of ice blocks in the waterfall, with every intention of overcoming it and reaching camp 2 at a height of 6,400 m. The following day, in the middle of the night, we will give our all in trying to reach the south mountain pass in one go, at a height of 8,000 m, set up camp 4 there and descend again to camp 2.
